The institutions of private law and their social functions

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The institutions of private law and their social functions

Karl Renner ; with a new introduction by A. Javier Treviño

Transaction Publishers, c2010

Other Title

Rechtsinstitute des Privatrechts und ihre soziale Funktion

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"Originally published in 1949 by London: Routledge & K. Paul"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

In the English-speaking world, Karl Renner is by far the best-known among the Austro-Marxists who were active in the Austrian socialist movement during the first few decades of the twentieth century. Recognition of Renner's scholarship is due largely to the English translations of his works on Marxism, as well as to the secondary writings on his notions of socialist legality and national cultural autonomy. Renner has for over half a century been celebrated for the only book of his that has, to date, been wholly translated into English. It remains the classic socialist attempt to off er a realistic understanding of the role of the legal institution of private property in modern society: The Institutions of Private Law and Their Social Functions. In his introduction to this edition, A. Javier Trevii?1/2o discusses the volume's relevance for today, and briefly describes that aspect of Renner's life that occupied most of this time and energy: his involvement in Austrian social democratic politics. The substance of Renner's exposition remains intact. The text provides one of the best insights into the relationship between capitalism and property's economic functions. It emphasizes how this fundamental institution's application has, since the initial stage of finance capitalism, increased or diminished, been externally transformed, or inherently metamorphosed. In an age of unprecedented global financial crisis, emerging market countries, and increased government regulation, Trevii?1/2o suggests we would do well to heed the book's message. It might help us understand the complex situations we encounter today as we grapple with our hybrid identities as salaried workers and economic investors.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • I: Legal Institutions and Economic Structure
  • II: The Functional Transformation Of Property
  • III: Sociological Analysis of Functional Change

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  • NCID
    BB01230211
  • ISBN
    • 9781412811538
  • LCCN
    2009044818
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ger
  • Place of Publication
    New Brunswick, N.J.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxvi, 307 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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